It's All About The Words

Old words, new words, my words, your words...phrases, quotations, lyrics, poems and websites dedicated to words...carefully chosen, beautifully written. PJBraley.com

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Why do I write. Perhaps in order not to go mad. Or, on the contrary, to touch the bottom of madness.

Elie Wiesel (via quotemadness)

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The exercise of imagination is dangerous to those who profit from the way things are because it has the power to show that the way things are is not permanent, not universal, not necessary.

Ursula K. Le Guin (via poetsandwriters)

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Happy Birthday, Harper Lee - American novelist and 1960 Pulitzer Prize recipient for “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Thank you for the words.

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It's All About The Words turned 1 today!

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The Writers’ Retreat

For the July 20 NY Times Book Review. Thanks to AD Nicholas Blechman and editor Pamela Paul!

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Brilliant!

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Happy Birthday, Charles Dickens! 

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The Slaves Lament

Cover of Robert Burns' song 'The Slaves Lament', taken from Laurie's forthcoming album 'The Girl Who Cried for the Boy Who Cried Wolf'. Vocals by Laurie Cameron and Ross Lorimer Guitar by Laurie Cam

Beautiful.

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Thank you and Happy Birthday Robert Burns. Now I understand why I publish so many writers' quotes. 

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Happy Birthday and thank you, Virginia Woolf for the encouragement. Even if what I write never matters to anyone else, it matters to me. I am writing.

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Happy Birthday Edgar Allan Poe! To Helen- "The glory that was Greece, and the grandeur that was Rome."

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"Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." A. A. Milne

Happy Winnie-The-Pooh Day!

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Happy birthday, Benjamin Franklin! We all know how hard it is to pass up those 'tempting' moments...

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Happy Birthday, Diana Gabaldon. And thank you for the words. (And Jamie!)

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Robinson Jeffers, Poet 

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Happy Birthday, Stephen Hawking - sometimes even science is all about the words.